History of Saint-Petersburg: Exhibition, dedicated to the 180th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is open

September 26, 2012 at the Rumyantsev Mansion (Saint-Petersburg) opens the exhibition “180 years with the city. To the anniversary of the Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering”.

The exposition is dedicated to the 180th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, the former School of Civil Engineers. It tells about the great contribution of teachers and university graduates to the construction and landscaping of Petersburg-Leningrad, to the formation of its unique architectural shape for 180 years. The exhibits of the exhibition are architectural models, photographs, drawings, documents relating to the history of the university. Of particular value is a collection of architectural drawings from the collection of the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg: over 150 individual sheets - projects Petersburg buildings and structures made by famous graduates of architecture and construction of this school in the 1860s and 1980s. The most part of these projects has been implemented.

Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (St. Petersburg GASU) is the oldest Russian higher education and technical training institution for architectural professionals. Its history is closely linked to the history of architecture and urban development of our country, and especially Saint-Petersburg.

Also the exhibition features a range of design projects of Leningrad subway stations: Stations "Baltiyskaya", "Kirov Plant", "Petrogradskaya", "Primorskaya", "Obukhovo", "Ozerki", "Electrosila".

The exhibition is supplemented with unique materials devoted to the Great Patriotic War and the Siege of Leningrad. Here you can see the documents about the work of architects to shelter sites and construction of defenses, as well as the blockade diaries, letters, pictures of Leningrad architects who remained in the besieged city.